Highest Paid Footballers : The global sports foot ball is very popular among millions of people in the world. The popularity can be counted with the evolutionary history of men where they fought and hunted as a team to get their needs.
This reputed sport does not discriminate any one based on their physique and it’s very easy and simple to understand the game rules and regulations. Football lasts only for 90 minutes comprising seventeen kick off rules for the soccer. The precise and the crisp duration meaningful kickoffs take a huge amount of effort to win the game. The origin and formation of many reputed teams has not only boosted the popularity of the game but the players revenue has also increased rapidly .Here we have listed the highest paid top 10 football players in the world.
#10 Angel Di Maria
The professional footballer has been playing for Argentina and Paris saint-Gobain team as an attacking midfielder or winger. The title winner has won accolade many achievements in the Champions League Winner, Sapnish Champion, Spanish Cup Winner, French Cup Winner, Olympic medallist, UEFA Super Cup winner and French Super Cup Winner etc. No wonder he earned almost $22.6m in his career.
#9 Sergio Aguero
The Argentine footballer has the striker role in the football matches of Argentina National team and Premier League Club Manchester City. He has made his brilliant debuts from the age of 15 and attracted attention by winning UEFA Europe League, Beijing Olympics, FIFA world cup, 2015 Copa America, UEFA Super Cup and Europe’s top clubs. The highest goal scorer and the highest goal winner earn $23m.
#8 Luis Suarez
The Uruguayan striker has been playing for Uruguay national team. And Spanish club Barcelona is one of the youth players who made his entry into the football leagues at the age of 19. Played many vital roles in 2010 FIFA World Cup , Pichichi Trophy , UEFA Champions League, fifteenth Copa América and he have won almost 17 trophies in his carrier. The league title winner has been selected as PFA Players’ Player of the Year and Year. He is one of the high priced foot ballplayers and holds an asset worth of $26.9 M.
#7 Wayne Rooney
Wayne has been the second most goal scorer in the premier leagues marked his professional debut in the football industry. He has also been rewarded second most-capped player, PFA Players’ Player of the Year, FWA Footballer of the Year., won five times in Premier League Player of the Month etc. His pay is $27m which also varies on endorsements, country, club and positions.
#6 Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior
A Brazilian foot baller is an attacking midfielder for the Brazil national team and Shanghai SIPG.He has made a gateway of £60 million for playing the Chinese Super Leagues.
#5 Paul Pogba
The French player is deployed mainly for the attack and defense of midfielders and he is known as skilled play maker. He received a world record transfer fee of almost €105 million for playing in many victory series like League Cup, 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016 , 2015 UEFA Champions League Final, etc.
#4 Lionel Messi
The Argentina National team and the Spanish Club Barcelona witnessed this legend Argentine football player as a captain and a forward. The creative and the prolific goal scorer have been playing with Barcelona for the entire career history. The integral player has been crowned with 33 trophies and won many uninterrupted leagues and titles. He was the first player to bench mark the €100m salary earning.
#3 Gareth Bale
The Welsh Winger plays for Wales National Team and Real Madrid and he is the highest scorer in many clubs and leagues such as UEFA Champions League, UEFA Squad of the Season, 2013–14 Copa del Rey, UEFA Euro 2016. The professional football has won many titles such as PFA Players’ Player of the Year, Welsh Footballer of the Year, FWA Footballer of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year. He eclipsed a record transfer fee of €100.8 million which almost stunned all the athletes.
#2 Neymar Da Silva Santos Júnior
The third highest goal scorer is no wonder a key player in 2011 South American Youth Championship, 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2014 FIFA World Cup , 2016 Summer Olympics, FIFA Ballon d’Or in 2015. He earned $95m combining endorsements, bonuses and salaries.
#1 Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo has capped for the five champions league winner’s medal, fifth balloon d’or and European championship title. He has a massive fan base for both commercial and communication perspectives. The 33 year old has created his own brand called CR7 brand where underwear, clothes and kids’ clothes are sold. The real myriad player has also established his own museum and chain of hotels in Portuguese. The endorsement pitch and the world’s major sponsors have made him earn the wage cut off of almost $108 million every year. He has made a glittering career path in the chapter of Portuguese team.
The professional players have contributed to the classic formation of many defensive and opposive teams where they could retain the possession of many win backs. The players have upfront the most notable and successful formations to signify their winning ability. All the Highest Paid Footballers have formed a basic strategy of playing to influence the relegation winning tweaks. We all admire the play style and noticeable tactics in the different leagues handled by the leading football players. They have really mould the team to set up the team with box to box pitching of midfielders, excelling the striker’s movement and escorted the skillful attacking position of the wringers.
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